The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 29, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1898. SOLDIERS’ HOME GOVERNOR SHOT BY aN INMATE Attempt to Murder Colonel dAn- drew J. Smi th at Santa Monica. Five Bullets Fired Into His Body by a War Veteran Who Fancied He Had a Grievance. LOS A Smith, go of the Nati diers, lie th wit r of a wo He n , Sept. 28.—Andrew J. of the Pacific branch | Home for disabled sol- 1t his home at the point of - bullets from the revol- | 1d-be assassin in his body. ay live, but three of the bullet wounds are serfous. He is of advanced | age, but he has a strong physique, | The as n who attempted to take the life of Governor Smith is Albert G Bradley, a native of Vermont, aged He served during the War of the Re- | bellion in the Second Vermont Infan- try. He was admitted to the home | first in 1893; was discharged in 1896, and | readmitted In 1897. He has ‘also twice | been an inmate of the State Home for | disabled veterans; located at Yount- | ville. There is no question, at le t among those who know him best, as to Bradley’s sanity. He was & pecu- larly moody person and had a very vicious temper, of which he gave fre- quent exhibitions among his comrades. At 9:456 this morning Governor Smith had just completed his daily inspec- tion of the quarters and grounds of the home. After he left the. guardhouse he started for the headquarters buila- | to sign some papers. - Just as he | s about to enter the building from he rear, Bradley, who evidently had been lying in ambush for him, 5 nd stepped to one side. s0 he drew his revolver and opened upon Governor Smith. s rapidly as he could he emptied the five chambers of a 38-caliber re- | r into Governor nith’'s body. first two shots were fired almost | her; then there was an interval of seconds and the remalning were fired. hots were fired the vic- out thirty feet from the | dquarters building. He | but walked on. Major | aham and Orderly Pottle at | of the first shot ran to the e 1 carried Governor nside ottle secured the erer, who was taken to the guard- | 2ons made an exami- id that one bullet had mith’s right arm be- ler and elbow; another the right thigh and groin; a third eéntered low the shoulder blade. " = not been focated. th suffered much pain > day and to-night his balance, intelligence of Brad- | came noised about | in the As soon as the v's awrul deed in authority 1d an JRT After he | been in the guardhouse { ts of lynch were heard on all A anta Monica officer was was broucht to the was seen Call corre: d yon is evening by The t. He seemed.to re- | consequences of his act | 1 to be somewhat repent- would say was that he been crazy when he fired d that he was sorry. had unloaded his revol- | ver into his victim he talked differently. | He said th that he was sorry he had not killed him, for that was what he intended to do. Bradley's victim was a brigadier gen- eral of volunteers during the civil war. When Morgan’s threatened raid fright- ened all Northern Ohio General Smith | and his New York brigade were sta- tioned at Johnsons Island, off the city | of Sandus| to prevent possible release of Confederate prisoners of war. con- he became connected onal Soldiers’ Homes, first stationed at the Maine Home. He | was transferred later to Leavenworth. | About two years ago he was placed in | charge here. | nor Smith had trouble at orth with a few inmates, dignified by a Congressional investigation owing to the bitter op- position and personal il feellng o Congressmen R. W. Blue and Case Broderick of Kansas. He was exon- | erated. | Last November The.Call correspond- | ent devoted two days to an investiga- | tion of the complaints made by some | twenty-five of the 2200 inmates of the | home at Santa Monica. About fifty | veterans were interviewed at random. | Only two had any complaints to make | and they were of the most trivial char- { acter. Governor Smith was then seen and he gave the correspondent carte | blanche to inspect or examine any de- | partment of the home or.to interview | any and all Inmates if -he desired. He {d that he had issued orders against | pictures being put on the walls of the | quarters as men sometimes: placed vul- Just aft gar and obscene photographs and litho- | graphs on the walls. He had also re- | quired of the inmates. that they at all | times keep their quarters clean and nea lutely nothing could be found hich to base a reasonable charge | 18t Governor Smith. But a Los | Angeles p; r opened up its columns to' | the “ki %" inmates and printed col- umns of matter written by the inmates about Governor Smith’s management, | claiming it s tyrannical and that he used autocratic powers. There was no | verification of these statements and al- most to a man the inmates exonerated the governor. Yet the paper referred | to continued to print diatribes.against | Smith, giving publicity in that line to all that was sent in to it. Some few | veterans finally believed they did have a grievance and were very bitter | toward Smi The result was the at- | tempted a nation to-day. Smith | did not know Bradley and had never reprimanded him. Bradley had never | been in the guardhouse. Smith will not die to-night. His greatest danger s from blood polson- ing. = GOVERNOR SMITH'S PREVIOUS TROUBLES " LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Sept. 28.— Governor Smith was in charge of the National Home at Leavenworth for many years. Early on the morning of June 11, 1897, his residence on the home grounds at Leavenworth was wrecked by dynamite. The Governor, Lis wife and daughter, were in the | insane | that he | men to take the | $8; Fanny house, but escaped with minor injuries. The crime was traced to a veteran, Jo- seph W. Oliver, a-member of the home, and he was convicted. ¥ Governor Smith's the Leavenworth home marked by many troublés. Through the efforts of Richard W. Blue, then a member of Congress from Kansas, the management of the home was investigated by a committee from the House of Rep- resentatives. Many charges were pre- ferred. against Governor Smith, but the s | investigation resulted in no mgcre than his transfer to the governorship of the | branch, where he was. wounded | ac to The charges against Governor Smith that led to the inve cipally mistreatment of the old soldiers. It was said that he confined men in the wards of the hospital without mination by the surgeon; ntained a police system cruel in the extreme, and that he forced gold treatment for previous. e drunkenness against their will. Colonel Sidney G. Cooke of Herr ton, . Kas., the local manager, testified that he had administration at | igation were prin- | { ordered G ith to harge brutal pol: s and to cease the| system of forcing the soldiers to take the cure for drunkenne: The order, he said, had been disobeyed. Later Colonel Cooke stated that he had in-| gated some complaints. made by >ners that their pensicns had bee withheld from them by order of the Governor and against the law. He had this to cease and had been An investigation of this had also been made by ex-Governor Glick, Pension Commissioner. Governor Smith had been let off with a reprimand. Fur- | ther charges against the governing of the Scldiers’ Home were made that he had abused and insulted officers undzr , had caused men carried on Go ernment pav rolls to do chores about his house and had turned Government property over to his own private use. | Before becoming governor of the Leavenworth Home Smith was for three years treasurer of the National Soldiers’ Home at Togas, Me. Charges preferred against him there by the go ernor of that home led to his transfer | in 1885 to-Leavenworth. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE | OF THE PACIFIC COAST| Changes Among Volunteers in the | Pacific Department Ordered | by the War Office. ‘, WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—By direction of the Assistant Secretary of War the follow!ng named enlisted. men will be charged from .the service .of the:| United States: Private Nat C. Hickey, Company B, First Tennessee Voluntéer | Infantry, how at Manila; Private Edwin | R. Watson, Hospital Corps, now at Ma- nila. These soldlers are entitled to travel pay: The leave of absence heretofore granted Captain _Theodore Rethers, - as- sistant surgeon First California Volun- teer Infantry. is extended to include Oc- tober -28, Captain Rethers, having ten- dered his. resignation, is honorably dis- charged from the service of the United Sfates, to take effect upon the expira- tion of the leave of absence granted him. Private William G. Needham, Troop B, purth Cavalry, -Presidio, will be States by the commanding station. Major Samuel D. sistant adjutant gengral of United States volunteers, will proceed from San Fran- cisco to St. Paul, Minn., and report in erson to the commanding general of the Jepartment of Dakota for assignment to temporary duty. Pensions have been granted as follows: California — Increase: = Thomas Dw Veterans' Home, Napa, $6 to $8. Originai widows, etc.—Sophrona Sholes,” Fortuna, Milliron, San Diego, $5. ington—Relssue: Van Ku- ren, Port Angeles, $30. Postmasters for the Pacific Coast have been appointed as follows: Oregon—Crabtree, Linn_County, John M. Kutch, vice W. J. Turnige, resigned; Lotie Rock, Gilllam County, Perry Ham, vice Martha Hogan, resigned; Mac- Leary, Marion County, R, W, Craig, vice John 'Cralg, resigned; Seaside, Clatsop County, Sherman Casé, vice John H. Jo- hannsen, removed. Washington—llwaco, Pacific _County, John W. Howerton, vice Léwis E. John: Son, resigned. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION CAUSES THREE DEATHS James Disaster at a Camp Occupied by La- borers Near New What- com, Wash. NEW WHATCOM, Wash., Sept. 28.—By an explosion of what is thought to have been dynamite at Gee's Camp, near Fern- dale, this county, three inen- lost their lives and two more will die. The dead ar MIKE GEE JR. SWANSON, a small son of the cook.. Fatally injured: Dan Lanstrom and the camp cook. name unknown. These are the latest advices to the Seat- | tle Times' correspondent here and are au- | thentic. 2 The explosion occurred seventeen miles from telegraphic communication and no further news' will reach here before morn- 1nfi, The scene of. the explosion is about a half mile from Custer, a small inland town on the line of the Great Northern Rallroad. The camp is the home of the men en- aged in the clearing of a right-of-way or the plank road between this city and Blaine. The explosion is thought to have been caused by dynamite being placed in the oven to dry and which became over- heated, resulting in the terrible disaster. SERIOUS lEU’RECTION OF JAMAICA MAROONS Seizure of Valuable Properties Be- longing to English Pro- prietors. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 28.—Ma- roons on the coast line are rising and are taking possession of valuable properties belonging to English proprietors and threatening to hold them by force. There are fears of a serious insurrectlon, and the Government is making preparations to cope with it. Some of the residents of the threatened districts have sought safe- ty in _the city. The Maroons are the descendants of negroes who fled to the mountains when the British took posses- sion of Jamalca. S B ‘Shoemaker Commits Suicide. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28.—George B. True, a shoemaker, residing at his sister’s in this city, committed suicide to-day by shooting himself in the head. He was a single man and was ill. 2 —_——— Advances made on furniture and planos, with ais: | rged from the service of the United | officer of his | Sturgls, as- | | |ONE. OF THE ORIGINAL LOCA- yer | | | or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission, DIVERS FIND A CLEW TO BROOKS’ MURDERER AUSALITO, Sept. 28.—An important clew that may lead to the detection of the man or men who murdered Captain J. Moss Brooks on the yacht Chispa last Friday night came into the possession of the countyauthor- ities to-day. It was a coat found by a diver at the bottom of the bay di- rectly under the yacht. discovered. That these missives are In the pockets of this garment two letters were of the greatest importance and that they have given the authorities a falr idea as to the identity of the assassin appears certain. Sheriff Harrison in private. After th The letters were read by District Attorney fartinelli and reading there was a long conference, at which plans to be pursued in view of the discovery were formulated. The officials carefully guarded their the slightest information regarding its find and absolutely refused to give bearing on the ca In fact so great was their reticence that it gave the impression that they believe the mys- the coat and the letters will soon be brought to justice. Last night the Board of Town Trustees held a special m v of the murder is effectually cleared and that through the medium of it contained the murderer of the old yachtsman eeting and by resolution called upon Sherift Harrisor and District Attorney Martinelll to employ a diver on behalf of the county and see if anything could be found tending to prove the identity of the murderers. The result was that the had a conference with the officials. Prior to this .rustee- Sylva services of a San Francisco diver named Roach were engaged and at 1 o'clock this after- noon he was on hand with a number of 2 The bottom of the bay for about oughly explored. deposit ‘of mud. To-morrow the diver will continue guine that .further clews will be found. istants to begin work. ° fifty feet around the boat was thor- The bottom proved to be fairly hard, with only a thin Nothing of importance besides the coat was found. =~ ° his work and the a uthorities are san- The remains of Captain Brooks were interred in .the Sausalito Cemtery this afternoon. The funeral was held under the auspices of the Anclent Urder of Foresters and a large ‘cortege proceeded to the place of interment. "L 0ST ROCKER" 1S RE-LOCATED Fabulously Rich Dig- gings in- Alaska. THE GROUND FULL OF GOLD TORS KILLED BY INDIANS. The Survivor While Dying Gave the’ Secret to a Friend, Who Is Said to Have Unearthed the Claim. BY HAL HOFFMAN. Special Correspondence of The Call. JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 23.—The re- gion around-the central location, Lake Atlin, of the new placer diggings on Pine and other creeks is becoming one of unlooked-for possibilities. R. D. Knapp, -the .unique prespector who went In over the divide with only five hams, a towel and a cake of tar soap, a:l of which have long ago been con- suuied, avers that he met a prospector named Jenks, who discovered and ac- tually slept in the cabin of the “Lost Rocker” mine. The *Lost Rocker” placer mine is one of the traditions of Alaska. It is fabu- lously rich. Men have hunted in vain for it for nearly twenty-eight years. There is an old miner and frontier practitioner here, ioc Mulcahy, who now keeps a beer saloon with kegs ar- rayed around the end of the place like the muzzles of the 12-inch guns_ off Santiago de Cuba harbor, who has gone broke three times in trying to find it. Not an old miner in Alaska but has heard about it. Many more would have s* .rted out for it if they had known in what direction to take or make a trail. The story of the “Lost Rocker,” re- duced to daily newsparer length, is as follows: Not a mining State, Territory ou district is there that has not had its “Lost Cabin,” “Lost Mountain,” “Lost Trail,” or lost something-else mine. 1.4s is Alaska’s and it is peculiarly Alaskan: In the spring of 1874 two miners left Sitka on a prospecting expedition. They took a course to the southeast, intending to look at some creeks on the islands lying on their route before touching the mainland. They prospected the mouths of several creeks on Baranoff, Chichagoff and Admiralty islands, three of the largest islands in the Southeast- ern Alaska archipelago, and finding no indications worthy of further explora- tion there pulled down Chatham Straits and then across toward the mainland. Tiere, being overtaken by a storm, they were driven ashore in their small boat at the mouth of a large créek. After having made camp in a protected nook . they looked about them. They neticed that the bed of the creek was strewn with quartz. Next morning they set to work panning out the gravel of the stream and were elated at finding it would pay. But as the gold was very fine they supposed that by following up . the stream they would find it in coarser quantities. Caching all their supplies except the small portion needed for a short trip into the Interior they started up the creek. bowiders and. through underbrush brought them to the crest of a divide. Below a short distance in a basin lay a beautiful little lake. A small stream was seen emptying into it from the west- and another stream flowing out of it to the north was its outlet. The prospectors descended and camped that night on the margin of the lake. Again they found gold. ' It was in the gravel of the feeder running in-from the west. Here was their fortune. As they pros- pected this stream they found that every panful of gravel ylelded half a spognful of coarse gold, and some nug- gets were found weighing as much as | an ounce. The little stream was fed by glaciers and snow banks above. No time was lost in making a rocker and the two gold-hunters were soon rock- ing out a golden stream as grain flows out of a hopper.. They worked indus- triously for two weeks and must have had several hundred- thousand dollars’ worth of dust and nuggets. Occasional trips were made to the cache at the beach near the mouth of the creek for supplies without a single thought of danger. At noon one day, as they were. leav- ing work to prepare dinner, they were fired upon by Indians. These Indians have always been thought to be either Sticks or CHilkats, the two fiercest tribes in Southeastern Alaska. The Sticks or’ Thinklets inhabit the interior from the Lake Teslin basin to the coast range of mountains. Apparently the Indians were after the provisions and other supplies, and not the gold: One of the miners was killed instant- ly. . The other, uninjured, sprang into the woods and was out of sight before a second volley could be fired. Cut off from the camp by the lake, he made haste ‘to the canoe and remainder of the cathe near the beach. He hastily re-embarked with a quantity ef pro- visions, intending to go back to Sitka and return to the diggings with a large party. But he lost his ‘bearings, as the sky in Alaska is often obscure by fogs for days at a time. Instead of pulling for Sitka he took a southerly course toward Victoria. He was picked up by a passing ship and finally land- ed at Port Townsend. ~ He had about $1500 in nuggets in his pockets. The next spring he returned to Sitka and made up a party to return with him to the bonanza by the lake. At this point the story becomes slightly confused, for it is known to be a fact that a party did leave Victoria in the spring of 1875, in search of a lost Alaska mine. . When the party arrived at a point below Taku Inlet, about where the settlement of Shuck is now located, the miner pointed it out as the place where he and his partner had landed and cached thelr stuff a year before. Finding no big pay on the first creek, as the guide thought there was, the party became enraged and threatened to hang him to the main boom of the schooner, for quite_an expedition had been fitted out. It seems.that the miner and guide had not yet mentioned the bonanza by the lake for reasons of his own. Not fearing the gibbet after the threat he kept the secret to him- self, and the party sailed to Sitka empty handed. Scarcely a season has since come that some prospector has not started out in hopes of finding the “Lost Rocker” mine. Rewards have been offered the natives up and down the coast to re- veal the place, but probably through fear of being implicated and punished for the murder they profess to know nothing ‘about it. Jenks is said to have made a map of his trajl to the place,-so he may bé cer- tain of finding his way back. He is the only man who has introduced a cabin into the story. If he has found the place he has doubtless staked all the ground the law allows. He mys- teriously describes the location as be- tween Lake Teslin and Lake Atlin. Two days’ travel over | and the roped arena, two distinguished aspirants for the heavyweight cham- engagement. McCoy, better known -as clarks of the Gilsey House, and then | went. thélr .ways, breathing threaten- | ings and slaughter. Championship | honors are still in abeyance. Corbett took breakfast in the cafe of | the Gilsey House with George F. Consi- dine, his manager. The meal was-fin- ished about a quarter after 8 o’clock and the men strolled into the wide cor- | ridors. - Corbett stepped up to the cigar | stand and lighted a cigar. As he turn- ed "away, Considine noticed that his face bore a smile of deep contempt. Only one thing could call up that ex- pression—McCoy had just entered.the | hotel with- W. B. Gray, a man named | Nugent and several other friends. | The bell boy with a pitcher stopped in his mad career toward the elevator until the ice rattled. McCoy's forces advanced in good order and deployed around Corbett and Considine. The ci- gar man leaned over the counter and patrons on plush seats forgot their pa- The brows of the gentlemen pu- were terrible to look upon. There was a conversation between Corbett and Gray, who is interested in the Hawthorne Club, where - Corbett and McCoy are billed to fight on Octo- ber 15. Corbett set forth with great emphasis his views of the sincerity, finances and repute of the organization, the same, as might be expected, being a tender subject with Mr. Gray. The conversation became an argument and then a dispute. g “You don’t want to fight McCoy,” declared Gray, finally, and the young man named permitted himself to sneer eftectually. “You're a nice looking monkey,” said Corbett, following the approved rules of -etiquette laid down for gentlémen pugilists. - 2 It may never be known whether the “Kid” took offense at the -word “mon- key ' or the apparently ironicai Ser- tion that he was ‘nice looking.” - But his | feelings were deeply hurt.” He CORBETT DISABLED ~IN A BRIEF CLASH ~ WITH “KID" McCOY |Exciting Argument in Which Fists and Feet Play an Important Part. Ex-Champion Lands on the Young'er Man’s Countenance and Receives a Kick in Return. NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Without the | crossed my arms over ‘my face and customary formalities of padded gloves | T;Gt- Corbett’s | nin, iles - pionship met to-day in a preliminary | o& AN spolied the fine grand-stand For one brief, thrllllngi.tlmidate me by making wild cracks round, James J. Corbett and Charles | and impugning my courage, but I.guess “Kid,” de- | Ire knows by this time that I can take | | lighted the bell boys and shocked the |.care of myself in any kind of company. n | Corbett thought to scare’ Fitzsimmons and trembled with joyful anticipation | | | lunged forward and smote the $¢ derby down on his forehead. . McCoy’s arm was still outstretched when something hit him ‘under’ the right eye. This was Corbett's fist. .- “I'll fight him here or anywheére,” said Corbett, continuing the conversation. The patrons and hotel attaches crowded around him, begging him.to | spare the reputation of the house. Mr: | McCoy, however, .was determined to prove his gentility. He swung his foot | gracefully and with force and landed it against Corbett's frame. | T ain’t no monkey!” lie shouted. The peacemakers renewed their ef- s and the crowd surged about the " Henry Gllsey, owner of the house, rushed up. * “Do you know what you men are. do- ing?” he.cried to Corbett. “You're wel- ccme here, but this row must stop.” “Out of consideration for you,” sajd Corbett, “I will Jeave the hotel.” McCoy and his “friends had disap- peared .by this time, and Corbett and Considine went to’ the latter’s place, leaving the witnesses of the encounter | to discuss it with varying emotions. Corbett was in bed when I saw him an hour later at Considine’s. The doc- tor_had bandaged a bruise which he said- was made by McCoy's kick. " Ac- cording to.Dr: Pettingill, who attended Corbett, it will be a day or two before the injured pugilist will be able to move about with comfort. Corbett, when asked about the affair, sald: “McCoy kicked me and -the imprint of his shoe appears on my body. It was a cowardly aet and-shows that Mec- Coy has no desire to meet me in the ring with all things equal. McCoy attacked me, and- I, wishing to act the part of a gentleman, madé no attempt to defend myself until too late. “The whole trouble started over my F discovery of the deception of McCoy, over McCoy's forfeit money of $2500. tween McCoy and myself were signed, I posted 32500 forfeit money with Al Smith and supposed that McCoy had done likewise.” - When I asked Mr. Smith if he would turn over to me Mc- Coy's forfeit money in the event of the ‘Kid’ flunking out of the Buffalo match ‘he amazed me by saying he had no money belonging to McCoy. Smith said he, however, had a letter alleged to have been written by the president of the -Hawthorne Athletic Club, in which he stated that his organization would be responsible for McCoy’s for- feit. 1 referred theletter to Nugent, manager of the Hawthorne, who was present, and he sajd that the officials of the club had rever authorized the issuance of the letter in question, and that made me mad clean through, and 1 gave Gray and McCoy my opinion of men who would practice.such under- hand methods. Then Gray spoke up and said: X “‘You are afraid to fight and are try- ing to crawl.’ 5 “I replied that I would fight McCoy 'in any part of the world—right there if necessary. Then out shot the Kid's left hand leg, and here I am.” McCoy gave an entirely different ver- sion of the clash and the causes thereof. “Corbett,” said -McCoy, “was looking for trouble and I reckon that he got more than he bargained for. He started things moving for a fight by insulting Gray and myself. He called me. a monkey and said that I was afraid to meet him in the ring. I told him that in view of the fact that our match was scheduled to take place in Buffalo on October 15 his remarks were a trifle premature, and I accused him of try- ing to break his match with me so that he could arrange a contest with some other pugilist less dangerous than my- self. He swore and cursed me roundly, but, wishing to avoid a scene, I con- trolled myself until he said: «‘I will fight you right here if you think I fear you.’ o “Then he made a menacing move with his left hand. Believing that my welfare was in danger I promptly let fly my-left and smashed him good and hard on the head and face. “Then George Considine, Corbett's manager, and several others grabbed of Mr. Corbett so that it was jammed | Gray and the Buffalo Athletic Club | When the articles of agreement be- | | the office of the County Clerk. About a rush with my knee. hen it was all over. I was too quick for Corbett with my left at the begin- the same way In Green's Hotel in Philadelphia when going to the match in Carson City, but it didn’t work and it doesn’t go with me. Corbett will tind out some day, if he hasn’t done so al- ready, that there is only one place for a pugilist to win battles and that is in the prize ring.” - "It is the general opinion in sporting circles' that the Buffalo Club will be unable to pull the match off ‘and that Corbett and McCoy will not again get as near to a fight as they did to-day in the Gilsey House. LITTLE ROMANCE OF THE KLONDIKE Return of a Miner With Gold Fol- lowed by His Remarriage to a Divorced Wife. " MACON, Mo., Sept. 28.—A romance of the Klondike was revealed here to-day in | year ago M. B. Ayers, a . prosperous stock man, sold out his holdings here and went to the gold fields, despite the pro- tests of his wife. Mrs. Ayers, who is young and good | looking, became convinced that she would RECONCENTRADOS HAVE ALL GONE God Only Knows Where, Says Congosto. UNFORTUNATES ARE DEAD |SMILING STATEMENT OF THE SPANISH OFFICIAL. The Colonial Secretary Reaches New York anc Talks of the Condi- uon of Affairs in Cuba. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW. YORK, Sept. 28.—Among the passengers who arrived to-day on the steamer City of Washington from Ha- vana were Dr. Jose Congosto, Colonial Secretary of Cuba, and Captain Fred Sharp, the latter of the Merritt & Chapman Wrecking Company. Dr, Congosto was asked as to the condition ef the reconcentrados. “There are no reconcentrados now,” he answered with a smile. “What has become of them?” was the next question. “They're gone.” ‘“Where?" “God knows,” was the reply. “Do you mean to say that they are all dead?” “That probably explains it better than I can. It is a subject which I pre- fer not to discuss.” When asked as to the establishment of a new navy for Spain, Dr. Cougosto said: “Spain is still a great country and she ought to have a great navy—and probably will have.” Regarding the fall of Santiago and the surrender of General Toral, Dr. Congosto said: “There were brave soldiers at-Santi- ago, and if their leader lacked courage he- deserves to be punished. Santiago should not have fallen as it did, and if Toral had not entered into negotiations with the enemy, it is likely that there would have been a different story to tell to-day. “It is not true that the Spanish army there lacked supplies and ammunition, for they had plénty of both, which they turned over to the Americans. If Toral | General Congmg::;onal Association never-see her husband dgain and she at once applied for a divorce. In March last & decree was granted on her plea of aban- | -donment, ; | When Mr. Ayers returned from the gold fields last week he brought $20,000 in-gold dust, his profits in a deal in-a mining claim near Dawson. But instead of find- ing a yearning wifé awaiting him he was confronted by her deeree of divorce. The Klondiker would not be put off, however. | sought out his ex-wife, i color of his intentions ha an outcome for the remarriage of th. | had pushed forward, instead of retreat- ing toward the city, he certainly would have caused a repulse. These are things which he will have to explain. “The evacuation of Cuba by Spain is a matter of time, but when I left Ha- | vana everything was progressing well. | T do not care to enter into all the rea- sons -for the delay, but one of the prin- cipal causes is the fact that we have over 6000 sick, who must be taken care of and cannot be left behind. “The problem of the future of the island is a difficult one. I have studied it without prejudice, and, as a result of this study of vears, I belfeve that it is a social problem and not a p(yH\lim)l | one. Of course, politics will enter into G MERUCRD ( Eov the solution, but the malin ‘question is, STOCKTON, Sept. 28.—The General As- | how to bring the most prosperity and seclation of the Congregational Church |the greatest hap)iness to the people of of Northern California and Nevada will | Cuba. It is probabte that there will be meet in ‘this city from October 4 to 7 in- | a large emigration to the island, and clusive. Great preparations are being | this emigration may assist in solving made to meet the wants of the visitors, | the problem. Of course a difficulty will of whom there will be ov - 300 represent- | be met in view of the dangers of fever atives from all churches, as well as| and the climate.” friends they may bring with them. The| Captain Sharp was greatly pleased to ladies have in charge the matter of re-|learn that.the Spanish cruiser Maria celving and caring for the guests, and are | mar. a making arangements with hotels and pris | Lcress had been floated and taken to old dust, wa e divi sued. to-day orced couple. E RSty e, WILL . MEET AT STOCKTON. vate families f th fort Guantanamo. He thinks the collier strangers. or the comfort of the |\ Hmac, sunk in Santiago harbor, can The meeting of the General Associa- | be saved. tion is anm event of much importance, and | Ventor von Hollenstein, an American is beld every two years. The last gath- | citizen and ‘& member of the German o = osa. ane as-| ped Cross Society, who had been in e sty P msof for several months in Havana, e charged with. complicity in the insur- : British Ship Missing. rection of the Cubans, was also among LONDON, Sept. 28.—The British ship | the passengers of the City of Washing- Mitradale of Liverpool, 1185 tons, Captain | ton. He was released during the first Wettem, which sailed from Newcastle, | part of this month. He is crippled and N. S. W., on April 30, for Callao, has been | sick from the harsh treatment. he re- posted at Lloyds as missing.. ceived. ADVERTISEMEN1S. ! SOVOOOOOIOOIODOOVPVVOOVOVIOD 90OV DVOVDOOODOVDOVOOPOO0OPr, AN ENGINEER CURED. A Well-Known Engineer of San Francisco Cured by Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt. There are over 10,000 men who sing the praises of Dr. Sanden. They are men who have been lifted to the highest pinnacle of ‘manly vigor by his famous Electric Belt. They are to be found in every town and hamlet in the West. Thero is mot a_town on the Pacific Coast but has from ome to twenty cures by this great strengthener. There must be something in a system of treatment that can show such cures as this SAN FRANCISCO. DR. SANDEN—Dear Sir: T am wiiling to testify to the grand results I hav cetved from following your advice and the use of your “‘Dr. Sanden Electric Belt.” am an engineer on the Southern Paclfic Railroad, and have been suffering greatly for the last three or four vears with lumbago, dizziness, faint and blind spells and a gen- eral broken-down feeling, which made it almost impossible for me to make my run, Which s one of the longest on the road. I was advised to tr— one of your Belts, and Qid 0. It has completely cured me of all my troubles after two months’ use, and I can now make my run with the greatest ease. I have never had a pain or a bad feel- ing atter five days’ use of the Belt, and I have » ore life in me now than I have had for years. On meeting my friends they always congratulate me on looking so well. T always feel better and livelier than those around me. 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